WELCOME TO THE US OPEN OF PARAGLIDING 2018

The US Open of Paragliding will also be the Canadian Paragliding Nationals and a Pre PWC. Event subscription is now closed, and the competition is fully subscribed. If you signed up on the waiting list and have not yet received an email from us about a spare comp space, then we're sorry to inform you that you do not have a place at this year's event.

Saturday 7th July is a practice day. Please make your own arrangements for lifts to launch / retrieval as there will be no shuttle / retrieval service on the practice day.

Pilot registration is from 4pm at the Chamber of Commerce (216 E Woodin Ave, Chelan, WA 98816) followed by a mandatory pilots meeting at 7pm.

NOTE TO VISITING PILOTS

For all visiting pilots that are not familiar with the area, please note that landing at Beebe Bridge Park Campground (Beebe's) or the leisure park is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. The designated landing area is Chelan Falls Park (soccer field) on the west side of the river. Please refer to the Site Orientation page to make sure you understand the restrictions.

COMPETITION SCHEDULE

All pilots, please take the time to download the Pilot Handbook and read the contents. Here is a summary of the competition schedule:

Uploading your Tracklog

Requirements:

• IGC File: be able to download from your instrument via phone or computer• USHPA/IPPI/CIVL #: must have supplied this information at sign-up. It's just a unique PIN, if you don't have one, just come up with one that you can remember.

If you are new to XCDemon, your login is as follows:

• email supplied to the comp • pwd = phone number (digits only, no special characters) • if you are having trouble logging in you can reset your password through the login prompt and have a new password sent to your email.

Confirm: • check that the name on the website is correct • check that the task is correct for the IGC • hit submit if so!

You will then be forwarded to the results page and you should see links to downloads for the IGC/KML tracks of all pilots• hovering over the links will show who has submitted their tracks • You can also click through to watch the doarama replay and should see your track there. • To update your Doarama icon, go the edit profile page and update your pilot picture

ENTRY FEES & DEADLINES

$525.00 received before 31 May, 2018 $600.00 1 June – 8 July, 2018

NB - if paying by Paypal, a 3% surcharge is applied.

PRIZES

Overall 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Womens 1st 2nd and 3rd

Sports Class (EN C and EN B) 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Prize giving ceremony to be held on 14 July at a venue to be announced.